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Greg Flynn @gregflynn.bsky.social · 7h

… the English nation has believed them, the ministers themselves have come to believe them, and what is more wonderful, we have believed them ourselves. Yet where does this anarchy exist?”
Thomas Jefferson 1787

Greg Flynn @gregflynn.bsky.social · 8h

“Wonderful is the effect of impudent and persevering lying. The British ministry have so long hired their gazetteers to repeat and model into every form lies about our being in anarchy, that the world has at length believed them … Yet where does this anarchy exist?”
Thomas Jefferson 1787

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Greg Flynn @gregflynn.bsky.social · 17h

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 18h

here’s more context to the videos DHS is putting out from Chicago.

Greg Flynn @gregflynn.bsky.social · 19h

They’re wagging the dogs. They’re wagging the cats.

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DHS propaganda videos distorting reality in Chicago, while ICE terrorizes communities

YouTube video by MSNBC

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Greg Flynn @gregflynn.bsky.social · 1d

Joking aside, it’s a real concern:

newrepublic.com/post/201745/...

ICE Detains Citizen After Saying She Doesn’t “Look Like” Her Last Name

She even had her U.S. passport on her.

newrepublic.com

Reposted by Greg Flynn

Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 1d

Journalism rule at AP and USA Today, the two places I worked for most of my career: Sources who criticize, praise or speculate need to be named.
AP: www.ap.org/about/news-v...
USAT Network: content-static.usatoday.com/styleguide/U...

southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 2d

Auspicious start for the new CBS News, laundering unattributed cop shit-talking through the incoming editor-in-chief’s blog and failing to correct a misspelling of the story subject’s name in the web headline for three days.

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Greg Flynn @gregflynn.bsky.social · 1d

Dropped my daughter off at the airport for a UNC journalism class trip to DC. My parting words were, “If you get detained, get good pictures and video.” She replied, “I hate you.” She doesn’t. That’s how we talk. Gallows humor is a survival skill.

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Greg Flynn @gregflynn.bsky.social · 4d

Rakfisk is a traditional Norwegian dish of fermented freshwater fish, most commonly trout, that is salted and left to ferment for several weeks to months. The fermentation process gives it a strong odor and a savory, tangy flavor.

You can figure the rest out for yourselves.

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Greg Flynn @gregflynn.bsky.social · 4d

100 % toll på rakfisk fordi den fascistiske oransje presidenten ikke fikk Nobels fredspris.

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Greg Flynn @gregflynn.bsky.social · 4d

All energy efficient illumination in the Whitehouse has been replaced by gaslight.

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Greg Flynn @gregflynn.bsky.social · 7d

Rihanna: (Barbados) 2023
The Weeknd: (Canada) 2021
Shakira: (Colombia) - 2020
Paul McCartney: (United Kingdom) 2005
Shania Twain: (Canada) 2003
Sting: (United Kingdom) 2003
U2: (Ireland) 2002
The Rolling Stones: (United Kingdom) 2006
Coldplay: (United Kingdom) 2016
The Who: (United Kingdom) 2010

Greg Flynn @gregflynn.bsky.social · 7d

Just walked the dog for 2 miles while listening to Bad Bunny. Next up: Spanish on Duolingo.

Greg Flynn @gregflynn.bsky.social · 7d

Based on news reports it would appear that it has already been decided that next year’s Super Bowl final will be the Jets against the Sharks.

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Greg Flynn @gregflynn.bsky.social · 8d

If Stephen Miller hates the fascist label doesn’t that make him anti-fascist also?

Greg Flynn @gregflynn.bsky.social · 8d

Only 10 months in.

Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 8d

We face an open open question as to whether the president, anywhere, anytime he pleases, can execute or round up people he says are terrorists—without due process. That we are even entertaining such a discussion tells you how far Trump has damaged democracy open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

Words & Phrases We Could Do Without

‘Armed Conflict’? Trump declares war on all of us

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Greg Flynn @gregflynn.bsky.social · 9d

We are living in Minority Report, with Stephen Miller, Laura Loomer as Precogs, and ICE/Border Patrol as PreCrime police.

Greg Flynn @gregflynn.bsky.social · 11d

If Ayn Rand were alive today she’d be saying, “Shit, why didn’t I think of that.”

Greg Flynn @gregflynn.bsky.social · 11d

If you ever wonder how people like Stephen Miller and Russell Vought sleep at night – don’t. That’s when they do their best work.

Greg Flynn @gregflynn.bsky.social · 12d

In case I’m being too obtuse, the shutdown narrative of Republicans, who control the US House, Senate, White House, and Supreme Court, is to blame the “victim” for not being submissive enough.

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